Yasuhito FUTATSUKI wrote on Sat, 14 Nov 2020 14:52 +0900: > +++ subversion/bindings/swig/INSTALL (working copy) > @@ -141,7 +141,15 @@ > - Make sure that Subversion's ./configure script sees your installed SWIG! > + If you are using the distribution tarball and you want to use the language > + bindings C source files shipped with it, you might need to pass the > + --without-swig option to configure script to avoid detecting and checking > + SWIG on your system. A Makefile generated by configure will prevent > + building the language bindings if the configure script detect unsuitable > + version of SWIG.
I don't dispute the accuracy of this paragraph, but I think this API isn't autotools-idiomatic. Generally, I'd expect --without-foo to short-circuit the probe for foo and assume foo isn't found; i.e., if my system has an unsuitable version of foo, I'd the default behaviour (given neither --with-foo nor --without-foo) and the behaviour given --without-foo to be identical: namely, behave as though foo isn't available (even if /usr/bin/foo exists and is perfectly suitable). In particular, if my system has an unsuitable version of swig, I wouldn't expect passing --without-swig to change configure's behaviour. Cheers, Daniel
